Design Engineer at Fiddle
Jack & Jill · San Francisco, CA · Yesterday
On-siteEngineeringFull-time
Company Description
Fiddle is a San Francisco-based startup building an IDE for taste-makers that pairs a codebase with an infinite canvas. Founded by an Adobe top 10 designer and elite engineers from Grok and gaming, they are closing the gap between design intent and production code for craft-obsessed teams.
About the Role
Join a three-person founding team as a Design Engineer to build the future of creative tools. You will own the frontend experience end-to-end, bridge the gap between Figma and production, and ship React components directly to an infinite canvas. This role is perfect for builders who prioritize visual craft and engineering excellence.
Location: San Francisco, USA
Why This Role Is Remarkable
- Work at the intersection of visual craft and engineering on a product where code becomes the design medium, eliminating painful handoffs.
- Join a high-caliber founding team including an Adobe top 10 designer and engineers with backgrounds in LLM evals and real-time MMO systems.
- Exercise extreme ownership over both the brand identity and the technical architecture of a tool designed to be the IDE for taste-makers.
What You Will Do
- Design and ship high-fidelity React interactions and components directly to production on an infinite canvas environment.
- Shadow designers and engineers to refine the Fiddle product story, ensuring a seamless experience regardless of a user's technical competency.
- Prototype new features and interactions while helping hire and elevate the engineering culture within a tiny, high-velocity team.
The Ideal Candidate
- You have a portfolio of distinctive visual work and a deep understanding of the technical constraints surrounding modern design workflows.
- You possess professional experience shipping React components and TypeScript in production environments, moving beyond just static mockups or prototypes.
- You are a high-agency builder, potentially a former founder, who thrives in intense ideation sessions and prioritizes craft above all else.